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UHUTE WAGON. ,5 No. 605,535. Patented June 14,1898.

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CHARLES BERNIIARDT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-IIALFTO'JULIUS KAUFMANN, OF SAME PLACE.

CHUTE-WAGON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 605,535, dated June 14,1898. Application filed September 16, 1897. Serial No. 651,827. (Nomodel.)

To otZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, CHARLES BERNHARDT, a citizen of the United States,residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in ChuteWVagons; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements in chute-wagons for the delivery ofcoal and the like; and the object is to provide a simple, convenient,and durable vehicle of this class.

To this end the invention consists in the construction, combination, andarrangement of the several parts of the vehicle, as will be hereinaftermore fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings the same reference characters indicate thesame parts of the invention.

Figure l is a perspective view of a chutewagon embodying my invention.Fig. 2 is a transverse section. Fig. 3 is a detached view of thescale-levers. Fig. 4 is a plan View of the turn-table. Fig. 5 is asimilar view of the rear end of the elevating-shaft. Fig. 6 is alongitudinal section of the rear end of the wagon and thedetachably-pivoted delivcry-chute.

1 represents the body of the wagon, the tail-board 2 of which isprovided with an orifice 3, controlled by a vertically-slidin g gate 4..

5 represents a hopper communicating with said orifice 3 and providedwith a concave bottom 6, having a discharge-opening 7.

8 represents a bracket fixed to the bottom of the vehicle, having alongitudinal arm 9, provided with a stud 10, which engages the V- shapedflange 11 on the bottom of the detachable chute 12, so that the chutemay be adjusted to any point within the radius of a semicircle toconveniently discharge the contents of the wagon irrespective of theposition of its body. When not in use, this chute is detached andcarried in any convenient manner by the wagon.

13 represents a transverse yoke fixed about midway to the bottom of thebody, and its de pending ears 14: let are pivoted in the bifurcatedupper ends of the parallel rods 15 15 by means of the shaft 16, theouter ends of which terminate in upwardly-curved arms 17 17, whichengage the guide-brackets 18 18, fixed to the body sides, and they maybe rigidly locked therein by means of the crankscrews 19 19.

The rods 15 15 have a vertical movement I v in the ball-bearing sockets2O 20 in the turntable 21, which has a horizontal bearing on the flangedradial rollers 22 22, journaled in the frame 23, and thelower ends ofthese rods are connected by a transverse bar 21, the center of which isprovided with a screw-eye 25, from which a chain 26 extends to alongitudinal shaft 27, journaled in said frame. The outer end of thisshaft terminates below the tail-board on one side of the hopper, and itis provided with a gearwheel 28, which meshes with a pinion 29, fixed ona countershaft 30, provided with a ratchet-wheel 31 and crank 32 forraising the body of the wagon when the contents are to be discharged.pawl 33 engages the ratchet-wheel 31 to retain the body in an elevatedposition.

34.- represents an ordinary scale-beam suitably mounted in a case 35,fixed to one side of the wagon-body, and 36 represents a lever fulcrumedin the bracket 37, its longer arm engaging the scale-beam and itsshorter arm in operative connection with the longitudinal lever 38,fulcrumed in a bracket 39, the opposite end of which projects into thepath of an arm 39, fixed in a yoke 10, hinged between the brackets 11411, fixed to the bottom discharge the same the body is elevated, as I00above described, and the proper inclination given by means of thecrankscrews 19 19,

the chute 12 directed to the point where the contents are to bedischarged, and the gate 4: raised, which permits the contents to fallby gravity on the chute and thence to the desired point.

Although I have specifically described the construction and relativearrangement of the several elements of my invention, I do not desire tobe confined to the same, as such changes or modifications may be made asclearly fall within the scope of my invention without departing from thespirit thereof.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim as new anduseful, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

A vehicle, comprising the frame 23, the flanged rollers 22 horizontallymounted in said frame,the turn-table 2 1 revolulfly mounted on saidrollers, the horizontal shaft 537 journaled in said frame, the parallelrods 15 15 having bearing in said table, the bar Ell connecting saidrods, and the chain 26 connecting said bar and shaft 27, in combinationwith the body 1, centrally hinged to the up perends of said rods,andmeans, as described, for supporting said body in an inclined position,when elevated, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto allix. in y signature in presence of twowitnesses.

CHARLES BERNIIARDT. Witnesses:

H. J. ENNIS, F. A. WILLsON.

